PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Administrator Reference

This Administration Guide introduces the processes you can use with PlateSpin® Orchestrate 2.0 from Novell®, including the applied use of the PlateSpin Orchestrate Development Client and various command line tools. The guide provides an introductory overview of PlateSpin Orchestrate and explains how it administers and manages work on the resources of the data center. The guide is organized as follows:

Audience

This book is intended for data center managers and IT or Operations administrators. It assumes that users of the product have the following background:

General understanding of network operating environments and systems architecture.

Knowledge of basic UNIX* shell commands and text editors.

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